morn
Americannoun
noun
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a poetic word for morning
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tomorrow
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tomorrow night
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of morn
before 900; Middle English morn ( e ), Old English morne (dative of morgen morning); cognate with Dutch, German Morgen
Example Sentences
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In vain the kindly call: in vain The plate for which thou once wast fain At morn and noon and daylight’s wane, O King of mousers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
"A restless morn inside congressional GOP," Costa wrote on Twitter.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2022
“Up from the meadows rich with corn, / Clear in the cool September morn, / The clustered spires of Frederick stand,” begins John Greenleaf Whittier’s famous poem “Barbara Frietchie.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
So frosty a morn had not come our way since Feb. 20 with its 23 degrees.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
I could spend my life in the Fire Swamp and sing from morn till night if you were by me.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
Autumn ushers in mild days, brisk nights and crisp morns.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
Even though the world of guitar morns today, we can rest assured that Riley B. King will continue to influence and inspire guitar players for generations to come.
From Forbes ● May 15, 2015
Left: One of the last two Mariana crows on Guam morns the death of his mate a few days earlier while perched in his enclosure.
From Scientific American ● May 24, 2011
Of old—as one in sleep, life, errant, strayed Its wondrous morns and fabled evenings through; When God's right hand toward far Canaan's blue Traced golden paths, deep in the twilight shade.
From Poems of Emile Verhaeren by Verhaeren, Emile
No woman’s piercing crown of thorns Will press my aching baby’s brow; No starless nights, no sunless morns, Will ever greet her now.
From Songs of the Army of the Night by Adams, Francis William Lauderdale
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